Kabul vs Naypyidaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Naypyidaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$690
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$1563
🏠 One person rent	$285	$363
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$513
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$197
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$70.9
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$588
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Bad
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	20 km
🎓 Higher education	29	17
😀 Quality of life	13	21
🏙️ Population	4.27M	1.16M

The cost of living in Kabul is 13% less expensive than in Naypyidaw. Cities ranked 7801st and 6990th ($599 vs $690) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 4th in Afghanistan and Myanmar, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Myanmar comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.9 months in Naypyidaw. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Naypyidaw ranked 3rd in Myanmar, while ranked 9123rd and 8811th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Kabul vs Naypyidaw

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	Kabul	Naypyidaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$2.13
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$19.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$5.47
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$1.04
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$1.58
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.67
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$611
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$214
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$578
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$393
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$26.2
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$39.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$43.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	10.01%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$1132
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$386
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$0.75
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$9.2
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$12.3
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$0.85
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.29
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$0.87
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$0.93
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$1.45
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$10.3
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$4.14
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$7.78
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$2.85
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$0.98
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.62
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.44
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.19
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.07
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.19
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$0.75
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$7.71
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$0.91
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$1.34
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$0.96
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$3.33
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$0.62
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$43.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$4.34
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$8.65
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$1.46
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$35.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$83.6
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$320
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$8095

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Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

Cities near Naypyidaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
138 km or 86 mi	Taunggyi	$617
242 km or 150 mi	Mandalay	$613
244 km or 151 mi	Pai	$655
276 km or 171 mi	Bago	$783
277 km or 172 mi	Monywa	$588
317 km or 197 mi	Chiang Mai	$742
334 km or 207 mi	Yangon	$919
343 km or 213 mi	Sittwe	$593
359 km or 223 mi	Hpa-an	$612
370 km or 230 mi	Pathein	$792
384 km or 239 mi	Chiang Rai	$513
400 km or 249 mi	Mawlamyine	$564
474 km or 295 mi	Cox's Bazar	$325
530 km or 329 mi	Chittagong	$312
540 km or 336 mi	Jinghong	$599
546 km or 339 mi	Phitsanulok	$559
563 km or 350 mi	Aizawl	$461
598 km or 372 mi	Pu'er	$626
602 km or 374 mi	Imphal	$391
609 km or 378 mi	Lincang	$623
620 km or 385 mi	Nakhon Sawan	$674
625 km or 389 mi	Luang Prabang	$1251
634 km or 394 mi	Myitkyina	$594
667 km or 414 mi	Vang Vieng	$1174
667 km or 415 mi	Baoshan	$625
675 km or 419 mi	Agartala	$380
681 km or 423 mi	Barisal	$295
698 km or 433 mi	Brahmanbaria	$290
708 km or 440 mi	Vientiane	$1168
718 km or 446 mi	Sylhet	$296
722 km or 449 mi	Narayanganj	$301
723 km or 449 mi	Narsingdi	$271
737 km or 458 mi	Dhaka	$428
743 km or 462 mi	Udon Thani	$555
762 km or 474 mi	Khulna	$339
773 km or 480 mi	Dali	$598
777 km or 483 mi	Shillong	$390
784 km or 487 mi	Nakhon Pathom	$564
793 km or 493 mi	Tha Khlong	$664
799 km or 496 mi	Khon Kaen	$608